Madagascar Pond Heron at Alphonse

Madagascar Pond Heron (Chris Narty)

Chris Narty has reported a Madagascar Pond Heron near the beach at Alphonse on 15 November. This species breeds at Aldabra and is a vagrant elsewhere in Seychelles. SBRC has accepted 6 vagrant records, two from Farquhar, and one from each of Cosmoledo, Assumption, North and Bird.